Jimmy's adventures begin in this novel when he is allowed to tag along with batty old Mrs Battyhats and Uncle Elliot on all their escapades and finds himself floating across the Indian Ocean in a gas balloon, searching for the mysterious lost city and rescuing Mrs Battyhats from the Abominable Snowman. Brian Patten's collection of comic verse for children "Gargling with Jelly" (Puffin & Viking Kestrel) was one of the best-sellers in 1986.
- ISBN10 0140369856
- ISBN13 9780140369854
- Publish Date 31 August 1995 (first published 31 March 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 November 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Puffin Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 96
- Language English